Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily an oil-phase structurant and viscosity builder, used to harden sticks, balms, and salves while adding slip, gloss, and a light protective film.
What does Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily an oil-phase structurant and viscosity builder, used to harden sticks, balms, and salves while adding slip, gloss, and a light protective film.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax clean?
From a clean beauty perspective, it is generally well tolerated, not a common sensitizer, and has little restricted-list friction. The main quality considerations are refining consistency and low residual processing impurities.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and commonly sourced from a cereal it by-product of food production, which gives it a favorable renewable-feedstock profile. It is expected to be biodegradable, with sustainability depending mostly on agricultural practices, traceability, and refining methods.
Is Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and can fit COSMOS-organic formulas when the raw material and processing meet approved criteria. It aligns well with Green Chemistry principles because it is renewable, biodegradable, and can be produced through relatively simple extraction and refining steps.
How does Oryza Sativa Cera/Rice Bran Wax work chemically?
The molecule profile is a hard natural wax mixture dominated by long-chain fatty acid esters with smaller amounts of free fatty acids, long-chain alcohols, and sterol esters. Typical use is about 1 to 10 percent for viscosity and structure, higher in anhydrous sticks, and it melts roughly in the high-70s to mid-80s °C while remaining stable across normal cosmetic pH because it sits in the oil phase.
Last updated 2026-05-13